WILMINGTON, Mass. — As with all coaches, Bruins bench boss Claude Julien reserves the right to change his mind. But Julien did reveal today that he’ll probably start newcomer Rich Peverley off as a winger.

The Bruins didn’t go through line drills during their practice at Ristuccia Arena, but Julien said during his post-practice media briefing that he would probably give a line of Michael Ryder, Chris Kelly and Peverley a shot. The team will practice again Monday at Ristuccia before departing for their Canadian road trip that starts Tuesday night in Calgary.

“It doesn’t really matter. I can play wing. I don’t really mind where I play,” said Peverley, who has played mostly center the last couple years with Atlanta and Nashville.

If the Bruins feature a Ryder-Kelly-Peverley line, that could drop No. 2 overall pick Tyler Seguin into a fourth-line role, where he would compete for a lineup spot with Daniel Paille. Julien didn’t commit to anything as far as Seguin, so there remains the possibility he could see some time among the Bruins’ top six up front.

Thats how you would describe a bruin.And thats why we havent’t won a cup since 72.Those type of players dont win cups.we need SNIPER and it could be seguin.But with claude pulling his strings I doubt it.Ask new jersey how they like claude.didnt they win the cup after they fired him mid season

I alway thought of a typical Bruin is a guy who plays with heart and grit aka Campbell. I’d rather have this type of player than a skilled guy who plays 25% of the time. I wouldn’t want three Campells playing centre – but on the team.

Some good points though. It looks like 4th line for Seguin from Matt’s last post.

3 more campbells…wtf u smoking…how about a coach who knows how to win in the playoffs.Doesn’t anyone eles seem to care about the comlete breakdown last year?been a bruin fan too long to know there happy with filling seats and just making playoffs.This trade and this coach is all your gonna get.play seguin as much as we can….

I agree that Seguin hasn’t played well enough at this point to illicit top 6 minutes, BUT he has outplayed Ryder in the last few games and while Ryder hasn’t been horrible, I would love to see Claude award his young player for stepping up. Argument for kelley on the 3rd line makes sense, but I suspect we will see a lot of the thus far suggested combinations over the next few weeks to see what works well.

kev,
you may like to have three campbells but you aren’t going very far in the playoffs with 3 fourth line centers. this team needs more top six forwards, not more bottom six ones. campbell is good at what he does but what he is is a 4th line center. at some point this team is going to have to acknowledge that you need hard work AND talent to win.

Kelly should move to the 4th line on wing – you can still use him on special teams accordingly- if CJ puts Seguin in the press box or on the 4th line wing then you can bet he is going to be looking for work next year

kelly was an absolute waste of a trade and cap space. they already have one greg campbell why did they need two? turning seguin into daniel paille part II is idiotic. the kid is playing well so why not knock him down a peg or two? that makes no sense. this rookie season has turned into a complete disaster with this coach. what a waste. if they wanted to waste his time they should have sent him back to jrs and saved some money.

Julian seems to be lost on how to coach this kid. How is Seguin going to learn sitting in the press box, playing 11 minutes a game and being sent to the 4th line? Paille is the poor mans PJ Axelsson, and at least PJ was good for +20pts a year, Paille not so much. When given the choice of #19 or #20…it’s a no-brainer.

The whole reason for flipping a second round pick was to get a reliable center (read defensive responsibility and faceoffs) for the 3rd line which had been lacking all year. Kelly is your third line center unless Peverley shows he can handle it.

more of the same from this loser of a coach.my crystal ball tells me that we will loose in first round.And then and maybe only then will management fire him.By that time seguin will have 0confidence left.Wat to go claude

Gotta say, Paille has played better but I do think that Seguin has too. Seguin shouldn’t bumped to the 4th line, but I can understand why Julien would like to see what they can do in the top 9. Give Seguin some earned ice time though.

if you’re gonna bump seguin to the 4th line, you may as well send him to JRs take his 3 mil cap hip and use it to deal for a top 6 forward. He’s a waste on the fourth line not phyiscal on the puck and loses like every one on one battle. It makes no sense

That’s absurd. Seguin is really coming on and developing over the past 4 games. Have him center Peverley and Ryder and put Kelly in Paille’s spot. Seguin is dangerous every time he carries the puck into the offensive zone.